Cult rock’n’rollers Dogs D’Amour emerged from the scuzz of late 80s London like a bunch of rock’n’roll vagabonds. For ...
David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving member of proto-punk band New York Dolls, who went on to act in films such as "Scrooged," has died.
In a largely unpublished conversation, the singer and rock showman who died last week recalls the early days of the band that launched him ...
The trio bonded over their love of punk bands like the Ramones and Johnny Thunders, New York art rock like Velvet Underground and Television, and even the jazz of Sun Ra. Still, they were unable ...
loose-limbed riffing (courtesy of guitarist Johnny Thunders) into a few short minutes. “Lonely Planet Boy,” a more somber acoustic ballad, and bluesy “Looking For A Kiss” showed a genuine ...
with Johansen co-writing the bulk of the albums with guitarist Johnny Thunders. Johansen started singing professionally when he fronted the Staten Island group the Vagabond Missionaries in the ...
After graduating from high school, he became interested in the provocative countercultural art collectives coalescing ... Eventually, the guitarist Johnny Thunders, his long black hair teased ...
When we played the Café Au Go Go, I came in during the afternoon and was going down the stairs, with John [Johnny Thunders ... It was like folk art. It wasn’t made to fit into a marketplace.
And then by going back to it and deconstructing it, and then putting it back together again, I realized that, you know, it really is art ... Guitarist Johnny Thunders died in 1991, and Kane ...
Produced by Todd Rundgren, the LP sported tracks like “Personality Crisis,” “Bad Girl” and “Trash” that packed tons of girl-group melody and grimy, loose-limbed riffing (courtesy of guitarist Johnny ...